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1937 photo of a Fairchild 24h in front of a hangar at the Aviation Country Club in Hicksville.

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt's Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937

There are such interesting information on this blog. I want to put some information together for my grandchildren. I think it’s so interesting to have been poor girl from Brooklyn , to have been raised with the good Shepard sisters,that took us to Madonna Heights ( before it was a schoo (1961-62) for day in the country. I got to romp on the grounds and swim In the pool of the rich and famous. Just like rich kids that went to boarding school.i would love any photos that can be share. Thanks Lori fiorelli .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)    1412 s.park ave Sanford fl 32771

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1.  Country Club Airport, Hicksville
2.  1937 or later
3.  Club House and pool
4.  Fairchild 24H, first built in 1937

Thanks for the great website.  When I was a kid we lived on Edna Avenue - I remember hearing the AC engines being run up at Grumman before take-off and also the pilots waving at me as they made their final over our back yard.

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt's Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937

I really missed a good show at the Oyster Bay,The Century of Speed and 100 Years of Racing,just by looking at these pictures, I’m missing all the good stuff now.Well any how have a good time at Stony Brook tomorrow and I’ll read about it when you post it

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Does anybody know anything on ladenburgs & ladenburg DR in westbury!!!!!!!!

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Long Island Aviation Club perhaps in the early 1930s along the LIMP in Levittown (or Hicksville back then)...the building in the background is the clubhouse and I have no idea whose plane that was or its make but i’ll bet it belonged to somebody important. I believe the hangar roof was recycled and moved to cover a warehouse along the central ave LIRR tracks in Bethpage.

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt's Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937

Identify the airfield and its location.
Aviation Country Club, Hicksville, along the motor parkway

What was the approximate year of the photo?
1937

What is the building in the background?
Beyond the hangars (one still exists) is the clubhouse.

Identify the airplane
Fairchild 24H

From Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt's Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937

Absolutely loved viewing and reading this data….Thanks for making it available to us all….

From Fortune Magazine, June 1932: A Portfolio of Aerial Photographs by Captain Alfred G. Buckham

My personal favorite stretch of Parkway starts at the Old Courthouse Road bridge (a great location—interesting to think that this bridge was built prior to the Bethpage Restoration bridge which was so much closer to the Parkway ground breaking) heading east, over Shelter Rock Road (over a fence near power station) and then continuing eastward to IU Willets Rd through the bamboo / old bridge location near Herricks HS. It’s a great section of original road that has a very private feel to it, fairly undisturbed with lots of posts, green and quiet. There are many great sections, and several I would recommend to “rookies” before this run, but I really felt thrown back in time for this portion of the journey. Sammy’s favorite location will be disclosed upon its arrival on Howard’s future postings of our adventure! Stay tuned!

From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” III: Searingtown

From Alene Scoblete:
Howard this is amazing information! I am so pleased and impressed with the results! Thanks so much!

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

Great information on this one.  Ran out of time and energy tracking this one down.

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

Sorry, WEST! of that picture

From Then & Now: The Motor Parkway Office in Garden City

Re-reading this, Walter P. Chrysler started on his own in 1921, buying controlling interest in Maxwell-Chalmers, making the prototype Chrysler in 1923, and absorbing Maxwell-Chalmers into Chrysler in 1924.  With revolutionary 4-wheel hydraulic brakes and a new nose, the projected 1924 Chalmers became the 1924 Chrysler.  The small 1926 6-cyl. Chrysler 52 was, in fact, the old Maxwell, which then became the first Plymouth Q in 1928.  And so it goes, with a $105 million fine, trade-up of millions of old Jeeps, and recall of 193,000 old Ram pickups!  Walter mist be spinning in his grave!  Oh, for ALCo quality and integrity.  Sam, III

From A 1913 Journey to Paris in an Alco Touring Car (Updated: January 19, 2015)

Here I am again, a bit of news, the 1960 Cobra is coming back,check it out,it’s not a Ford,it shocked me

From Sunday's Car Shows (July 26, 2015)

I decided to go back and check out the sites that Ariejan had,I could only get into one of them,the other 3 I couldn’t.I don’t know how to do it,don’t want to download too much,what I saw on the first one was good

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

Good stuff Howard. A powerhouse of info to take in and sort in the historical timeline. Outstanding work guys! I’m working on the photos actual location and boiled down to 6 possibilities

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

This was certainly a very detailed mystery? Thanks to Sam and Ariejan,did a great job, I enjoyed reading it all

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

I’m a little confused, maybe I’m missing something. One sticker on the back states; ‘Passengers 4’, but the other sticker only names the 3 men seen in the photo. Could the unseen/unknown photographer be the 4th passenger? And unless there was a self timer, how could Fullerton be IN the photo as well as being photographer?
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From Howard Kroplick

Greg, H.B. Fullerton was the photographer for this photo and also the fourth passenger.

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901

From Ariejan Bos:

Interesting mystery, especially as it appears to be a product from the Long Island Motor Vehicle Company. I vaguely could remember, that the car was recognized before and was mentioned in a LI-related website: http://sbiii.com/longis-3.html#liautomf
The photo appeared in the March issue of The Automobile Magazine Vol.3, 1901, describing a journey across Long Island with this car with a.o. driver H. B. Fullerton and passenger A.R. Pardington (involved in the LIMV Co.). This specific car was a surrey with the model name ‘Montauk’ (they used Long Island names for all their models). It was a motor car (not a steamer), but for specifications I must dig deeper. The Standard Catalog by Beverley Rae Kimes only mentions later products (from about 1902). The company was not a real car producer, but built on order. How many cars they built is unknown, but will not have exceeded more than a dozen or so, probably even less.
Article from The Automobile Magazine is above.

The Long Island Motor (Vehicle) Company remains rather obscure. The article in The Automobile Magazine, which describes the testing of a vehicle from this company, is in fact the first evidence of the company’s existence I could find (together with your find of course). Apparently this vehicle was entered for the Long Island Endurance Run on April 20, 1901, but it didn’t show up (no reason given) (The Horseless Age: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000852669t;view=1up;seq=89).
In The Horseless Age of October 30th,1901 p.647, the incorporation of the Long Island Motor Company (now without ‘Vehicle’) under New York laws was announced (directors Rockliffe, Pardington and Webb).
On March 26, 1902 it was announced that Pardington had almost finished his new belt-driven vehicle.
If this was the same vehicle as the one entered in the Long Island Endurance Run of April 26, I don’t know, but seems logical. The 24 hp car with driver Chas. Rockliffe received participant nr.64 and was by far far the heaviest vehicle in the contest with 3,500 pounds, but it could carry 6 persons (The Horseless Age: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039811511;view=1up;seq=521). If the car actually participated is not clear. In the report of the run (The Horseless Age: http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015039811511;view=1up;seq=531) it was written that no.64 was ‘failing to put in an appearance’. However, the car was seen during the run by several other participants: making repairs just beyond Manhasset (p.525), before reaching Bayside standing with engine or transmission trouble (p.531), between Bayside and Flushing (p.532, where the car was called patrol car) and between Lake Success and Queens, where the car was being towed (p.533). My guess is therefore that it made it to the start too late because of mechanical problems, started anyway and that these problems lasted during the run itself.
After this event I couldnt find any info on the company, which is more or less in align with the info in Beverly Rae Kimes and Henry Austin Clark. Jr.‘s Standard Catalog of American Cars (1805-1942).

From Mystery Foto#30 Solved:The First Road Test of Long Island Motor Vehicle Company's "Montauk" in 1901